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Genus MICROCICHLA, Sharpe. 



Microcichla scouleri ( Vig.). 



Microcichla scouleri, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 322 (1883) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 88 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests Sf Eggs 

 Ind. Birds, ii. p. 62 (1890) ; La Touche, Ibis, 1899, p. 195 ; Sharpe, 

 H.and-1. iv. p. 149 (1903). 



Three eggs of the Little Fork-tail are of a somewhat broad oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. Two are white, speckled and spotted, 

 chiefly at the broad end, with bright chestnut and lilac. The 

 third has a dead white ground on which are a few dots and 

 small spots of brownish red, chiefly towards the larger end. They 

 measure respectively ; 'TO by "6 ; *77 by "59 ; '77 by "oS. 



2. Kuatun, Fohkien, China, March C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



{J. D. La Touche). 

 1. Kuatun, 25th April (/. D. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



La Touche). 



Genus PH(ENICURUS, Forster. 



Phcenicurus phcenicurus {Linn.). 



Sylvia phcenicurus, Thien. Fortpjianz. ges. Vog. tab. xxii. fig. 9, a, b 



(1845-54). 

 Ruticilla phcenicura, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Tog. tab. 27. fig. 8 (1855-63) ; 



Seebohm Sf Harvie-Brown, Ibis, 1876, p. 215. 

 Phcenicura ruticilla, Ileivitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 104, pi. xxix. 



fig. ii (1856). 

 Ruticilla phoenicurus, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 277 (1874) ; Seebohm, 



Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 336 (1881) ; id. Brit. Birds, i. p. 287, pi. 9 



(1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 187, pi. 51. fig. 12 (1896). 

 Phoenicurus phoenicurus, Sharpe, Hatid-l. iv. p. 150 (1903). 



Eggs of the Redstart, of which there is a considerable series in 

 the National Collection, do not vary except in size and shape. 

 They are of a delicate pale blue, spotless and glossy, measuring 

 from '65 to '85 in length, and from -52 to -6 in breadth. 



4. Invermorriston, Inverness ( ZZar^/fi Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.). 

 6. Lakefield, Glen Urquhart, Inver- Seebohm Coll. 

 uess, 29th May {Hargitt Coll). 



5. Cambridgeshire. F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Cambridgesbu-e. F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Cambridgeshire. F. Bond, Esq. [P.J. 



5. Granchester, Cambridge, 28th Salvin-Godmau CoU. 



May (O. Salrin). 



6. Norfolk, 4th June (F. Norgate). Seebohm Coll. 

 6. Norfolk, 18th May (F. N.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Ilampstead, Middlesex (O. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



5. Kenwood, Hampstead (O. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 3. Churt, Surrey. Crowley Bequest. 



